Surface bound plasmin promotes migration of Streptococcus pneumoniae through reconstituted basement membranes

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-181

  Eberhard, Thomas ^a   Kronvall, Göran ^a   Ullberg, Måns ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Matrix proteins; Plasminogen; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; LAMININ; MATRIGEL; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCATCHARD PLOT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033103020     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1998.0262     Document Type: Article

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